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This Date in Weather History for June 10,2017 from weatherforyou.com

Weather HistoryFor Saturday,June 10,2017

1752
- It is believed that this was the day Benjamin Franklin narrowly
missed electrocution while flying a kite during a thunderstorm to
determine if lightning is related to electricity. (David Ludlum)

1957
- A dust devil at North Yarmouth, ME, lifted a 600 to 1000 pound
chicken shelter into the air and carried it 25 feet. It landed upright
with only slight damage. It is unknown whether any eggs were scrambled.
(The Weather Channel)

1958
- A woman was sucked through the window of her home in El Dorado, KS,
by a powerful tornado, and was carried sixty feet away. Beside her was
found a broken phonograph record entitled Stormy Weather . (The
Weather Channel)

1987
- Thunderstorms produced 2 to 4 inch rains in southern Texas. Two and a
half inches of rain at Juno TX caused flooding and closed a nearby
highway. Flooding on the northwest side of San Antonio claimed one life
as a boy was swept into a culvert. Thunderstorms in the north central
U.S. produced an inch and a half of small hail at Monida Pass MT. (The
National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1988
- Three dozen cities, mostly in the eastern U.S., reported record low
temperatures for the date, including Elkins, WV, with a reading of 33
degrees. Unseasonably hot weather continued in the Northern High Plains
Region. The record high of 105 degeees at Williston, ND, was their
seventh in eight days. (The National Weather Summary)

1989
- Thunderstorms produced severe weather through the day and night
across much of the southern half of the Great Plains Region.
Thunderstorms spawned 14 tornadoes, and there were 142 reports of large
hail and damaging winds. Hail three inches in diameter caused three
millions dollars damage at Carlsbad, NM. Hail four inches in diameter
was reported at Estelline TX and Stinnett, TX. Thunderstorm winds gusted
to 80 mph at Odessa TX. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)